The Moray and Nairn Coast SPA is located on the south coast of
the Moray Firth in north-east Scotland. The site comprises the
intertidal flats, saltmarsh and sand dunes of Findhorn Bay and
Culbin Bar, and the alluvial deposits and associated woodland of
the Lower River Spey and Spey Bay. It is of outstanding nature
conservation and scientific importance for coastal and riverine
habitats and supports a range of wetland birds throughout the year.
In summer it supports nesting Osprey Pandion haliaetus,
whilst in winter it supports large numbers of Iceland/Greenland
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus, Icelandic Greylag
Goose Anser anser and other waterbirds, especially ducks,
sea-ducks and waders. The geese feed away from the SPA on
surrounding agricultural land during the day. . The sea-ducks feed,
loaf and roost over inundated intertidal areas within the site, but
also away from the SPA in the open waters of the Moray Firth.

Moray and Nairn Coast SPA forms an integral ecological
component of the Moray Basin Firths and Bays, of which it is the
easternmost unit.

Note:

Many designated sites are on private land: the listing of
a site in these pages does not imply any right of public
access.

Note that sites selected for waterbird species on the basis of
their occurrence in the breeding, passage or winter periods also
provide legal protection for these species when they occur at other
times of the year.